Beacon Hill

Beacon Hill is in County Durham, North East England, England. Beacon Hill is situated nearby to the government office Durham City Probation Office, as well as near the monument Fram Well Head.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Durham railway station and County Hall.

Durham railway station

Railway station

Photo: John Illingworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Durham is a railway station on the East Coast Main Line, which runs between London King's Cross and Edinburgh Waverley; it is situated 14 miles 3 chains south of Newcastle. Durham railway station is situated 1,400 feet south of Beacon Hill.

County Hall

Town hall

Photo: peter robinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

County Hall is a municipal building at Aykley Heads in Durham, County Durham, England. It is the headquarters of Durham County Council. County Hall is situated 1,300 feet northwest of Beacon Hill.

Church of St Cuthbert

Church

Photo: Rcsprinter123, CC BY 3.0.

Church of St Cuthbert is situated 1,100 feet southwest of Beacon Hill.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Durham and Crossgate.

Durham

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Durham is a city in County Durham in North East England. The name is believed to derive from "Dun-holme", or hill-island, due to its location on a meander on the River Wear.

Crossgate

Suburb

Photo: John Sutton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Crossgate is a small area of housing that sits above North Road but below the Neville's Cross area of Durham, in County Durham, England. It is predominantly occupied by students at Durham University who favour the area due to its proximity to the university departments in the Elvet and Palace Green areas of the city.

Kepier

Locality

Kepier is a location in the city of Durham, England in the parish of Belmont, close to Gilesgate and beside the River Wear. It is site of the medieval Hospital of St Giles at Kepier.

Beacon Hill

Type: Sign
Categories: information and tourism
Location: County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.78363° or 54° 47′ 1″ north

Longitude

-1.58032° or 1° 34′ 49″ west

Open location code

9C6WQCM9+FV

OpenStreetMap ID

node 11327798262

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=information

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